To
the Navajo and the Hopi, the Swirling or Whirling Rainbow Woman is the bringer
of friendly rains that nurture the Three Sisters -- Corn, Squash and Beans --
during the summer so that people will be fed. Many times an image of the
Whirling Rainbow is created in Sand Painting, an ancient Sacred
Healing Art performed by the Medicine Clans of those Nations.

The
Whirling Rainbow Woman comes from all Four Directions and curves like a swastika
covering all directions. The outside of the Sacred Circle is protected by
another Whirling Rainbow Woman bending her body in the space below creating a
cup-shape to catch the rain and protect the circle. Without the Rain, the Three
Sisters will die and the People will not be fed.

The
Whirling Rainbow is the promise of peace among all Nations and all people. The
Rainbow Race stresses equality and opposes the idea of a superior race that
would control or conquer other races. The Rainbow Race brings peace through the
understanding that all races are one. The unity of all colors, all creeds
working together for the good of the whole, is the idea that is embodied in the
Whirling Rainbow. When all pathways to wholeness are respected by all cultures,
the prophecy of the Whirling Rainbow will be completed.

When
I lived in Mexico and worked with the Grandmothers, the Dreamtime Buffalo
Society, or Sisterhood, had many prophecies derived from Seers and Dreamers that
had come down through the ages. The prophecy of the Whirling Rainbow was
very specific. When the Time of the White Buffalo approaches, the third
generation of the White Eyes' children will grow their hair and speak of love as
the healer of the Children of the Earth.

These
children will seek new ways of understanding themselves and others. They will
wear feathers and beads and paint their faces. They will seek the Elders of the
Red Race and drink of their wisdom. These white-eyed children will be a sign
that the Ancestors are returning in white bodies, but they are Red on the
inside. They will learn to walk the Earth Mother in balance again and
reform the idea of the white chiefs. These children will be tested as they were
when they were Red ancestors by unnatural substances like firewater to see if
they can remain on the Sacred Path.

The
generation of Flower Children have moved through this part of the prophecy and
some have remained on the Sacred Path. Others were lost for a while and are now
returning to the natural way of being. Some were disillusioned and have
forgotten the high ideals that gave them life when their hearts were young, but
others still are waking up and quickening into remembering.

Grandmother Cisi would look at me with her obsidian eyes piercing my soul when
she spoke of the Whirling Rainbow Prophecy, and I would feel my heart skip a
beat and then fill with promise and love. She would tell me about the return of
the Buffalo to Turtle Island and how the herds would once again be numerous.
After the time when the Buffalo returned, the generation following the Flower
Children would see the dawning of the Fifth World of Peace.

Grandmother
Cisi called the beginning of this Fifth World the wobbly pony that on being born
would try to use his legs. She said that the wobble would be felt by the the
Earth Mother and the changes would occur in the soil and the waters. Inside the
Children of the Earth, the wobble would create rolling emotions and feelings
that would bring the quickening and the remembering. Colorful dreams would be
brought into the Sleep time and Dreamtime dreams of these newborn Warriors of
the Rainbow and they would begin to learn how to Walk in Balance. The changes in
our Earth Mother would create fear in her children, which would later lead to
the understanding and unity of Our Planet--One People.

Grandmother
Berta would giggle when we came to this part of the prophecy because my eyes
would be round as saucers and I could not sit still. Grandmother Berta would
urge Grandmother Cisi to stop for the day and leave me hanging on the edge of
the cliff just to tease me. Cisi would finally begin again and slap my knee to
make me pay attention to the rhythm of the prophecy because my mind would be
spinning with probabilities and my own projections. I wanted to ask so many
questions about how, when, where, and why. I wanted to know details, details . I
was twenty-two and very impatient, but I kept silent so she would The Whirling
Rainbow will appear in the form of a Sun Dog to those who are ready to see. The
Sun Dog is a full Rainbow Circle around the sun that has bright white lights at
the Four Directions. The Sun Dog is a rare natural phenomenon that was named by
Native Americans. The name is now used by scientists all over the world. Many
Sun Dogs will be seen around the time of the White Buffalo, which will be the
Sky Language sign that the Secret and Sacred Teachings are to be shared with all
races. Enough of the Children of Earth will be awakened to carry the
responsibility of the teachings and the healing process will begin in full
swing.

Grandmother
Berta would smile with a faraway look in her eyes, knowing that she would be on
the Blue Road when the time of the White Buffalo came. Grandmother Cisi would
also be in the Other Side Camp, but both promised they would be assisting me in
bringing out the things they had taught me when the time was right.

Both
Grandmothers spoke of the change in feelings the Children of the Earth would
have during the wobble or healing process as the Whirling Rainbows permeated
their dreams. They said, "Many will remember their purpose for being on
this Earth Walk and will learn to develop their gifts to assist the whole of
humanity. Truth will shatter the bonds of separation and goodness will prevail.
Some details of Earth changes will come into the dreams of those who are being
warned to move where they will be safe. Others will be told that their talents
will be needed in areas where the changes occur. Everyone will have to trust
their personal vision and follow their hearts in order to assist the whole. Each
person will be able to use their gifts with joy and share equally in the bounty
created by all those working together. The other teachings of the prophecy of
the Whirling Rainbow will be released at a later time when more have awakened to
the potential they carry.

In
our Seneca Tradition, Grandmother Twylah has taught us many uses for the
Whirling Rainbow of Peace. When we are having difficulty in any situation, we
visualize the Rainbow of Peace encircling the situation, the people involved,
and the disharmony. Then we twinkle our eyes with joy, sending our inner-peace
to the situation. In using this technique and following it with ceremony, we
place our intention inside the Whirling Rainbow of Peace.

When
we invite total truth into our Sacred Space, we shatter the bonds of separation
and illusion that create discord. The Whirling Rainbow of Peace destroys the
lies that made the Children of the Earth mistrust one another and replaces the
illusion of separation with the truth of unity.

When
the Whirling Rainbow Woman of the Navaho and Hopi brings the cleansing
regenerative rains to the Earth Mother, her children are also cleansed and
healed. When the Rainbow of Peace of the Seneca encircles each person's sacred
space, all will walk in truth respecting the Sacred Space of others and harmony
of living on Earth will be restored. These Knowing Systems are the teachings of
the Warriors of the Rainbow who are Sisters and Brothers uniting the Fifth World
and working for Peace.